EMWE #4 A New Beginning

[-Jim-]

As I opened the door a wedge of flickering light splayed itself sporadically on the hardwood floor of the kitchen, allowing the black and white print of the wet newspaper I had placed there to take on animation and flitter ever so slightly back and forth, in and out as if it were breathing.

“Fidge boken, Daddy,” my three year old daughter screeched behind me. I jumped at the sudden outburst and wheeled around. She stood there in her tiny summer dress, hands on hips, head tilted and matter of fact look on her face. Her fine chestnut hair spilled like a flowing river down the back her neck and collected in dark, shimmering pools upon her small shoulders.

I picked her up and turned once again to the tired behemoth in front of us. “Yes, the fridge is broken, Sweetheart,” I whispered. Looking at the meager contents, I knew my wife would have never let this old beast’s innards look so scarce, and a pang of guilt and sorrow flooded over me, and a glimpse of the future unfolded before me. I knew I had a choice. A choice to let despair swallow me in its dark gullet…Or allow the power and wonder of my daughter flow into me and bring me hope.

The motor on the fridge kicked on and ticked rapidly like a playing card wedged into the spokes of a bicycle tire, and it began to wheeze. You wouldn’t think that a machine could wheeze, but they can. I turned and set my daughter down, “Go and find your brother,” I told her. “You two get your shoes on, we are going shopping!” She squealed with delight and ran off down the hallway. I had another vision of the future as she ran, a vision of a beautiful young woman in a sparkling white wedding gown, smiling at me. And I knew then that everything would be fine, everything would be alright.

I turned to the open door of the fridge again and looked inside. A wave of frustration fluttered down upon me like a blanket. Standing there, brow creased, I felt the little hands of my daughter clinging to me, the innocent hope and dreams pouring out of her and into me, and I cast off the blanket of frustration and was immediately enfolded in another one; one of determination.

I heard the kids coming down the hallway, the remnants of my life with my dead wife. I studied the contents on the shelves in the fridge and I saw not my life as it was, but my life as it should…As it would be. A life full of happiness and wonder and love with roots so deep that the winds of life could never uproot it. Looking into the belly of the beast, I realized that what I thought I had was all an illusion, what I really had was something wonderful, and powerful…And I made my choice.

The chatter of my children coming into the kitchen interrupted my thoughts and I turned to them, closing the fridge door. “Let’s go buy a new fridge,” I said to them, smiling. “Then, things are going to be wonderful again.”

[Venomous Vixen]

Her fine brown hair spilled like a flowing brown river down the back her neck and collected in dark, shimmering pools upon her small shoulders.

An absolutely incredible image!! (Though I would replace brown with a like word... sepia perhaps, chestnut etc?)

All in all a heart felt and very well written entry!! Haha I love this comp.

[-Jim-]

Thanks, Bri! I will change it, or maybe just delete the second 'brown'. That should fix it up. :p

[Lubesh]

A wave of frustration fluttered down upon my like a blanket

I changed this foryou...but for your files or something.

That for me was exceptional in that you used the prompt and all the stuff and more from metaphors, orignality(urwords)and details and often believable nuances - unbelievable, from the bare bones. Just magical and right to the every last line buyng the new fridge. Just wow and I hate typing wow lol

goodstuff indeed!

[-Jim-]

Originally Posted by Lubesh

A wave of frustration fluttered down upon my like a blanket

I changed this foryou...but for your files or something.

That for me was exceptional in that you used the prompt and all the stuff and more from metaphors, orignality(urwords)and details and often believable nuances - unbelievable, from the bare bones. Just magical and right to the every last line buyng the new fridge. Just wow and I hate typing wow lol

goodstuff indeed!

Thanks for fixing that, Lu. And thank you for the great comment! I guess you liked it, huh?

[dorian hanes]

BEAUTIFUL and HEARTFELT.